Le Herbe, fiori, stirpi, che si piantano ne gli horti, con le voci loro, piu proprie & accomodate. Aggiuntovi un libretto di coltivare gli horti. Venice, Vicenzo Vaugris, 1545. In-8, bradel cardboard covered with a sheet of antiphonary printed in red and black (Modern binding). First Italian edition, translated by Pietro Lauro, of De re hortensi libellus.
This didactic pamphlet, dealing with trees, plants and vegetable garden produce, is the origin of Charles Estienne's Prædium rusticum (1554), whose editorial developments will lead to the voluminous Maison rustique.
A fine copy, complete with the last two white leaves.
Handwritten ex-libris on a blank page: Di Antonio Orfetti.
Simon, Bacchica, n°229 - CNCE, 18332.
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